The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-18

Springfield. They make low prorates on east
aud west bound business to and from the Mis-
souri, river, and the Burlington must either
meet them 90 out OF that class or business.
The result has been q falling off In local rates
and consequent loss In earnings
A telegram was received here yesterday
nouncng that c. p. Black, q conductor on the
Baltimore e. Ohio railroad, who IS brother-in-
law of L. King living ut No. 191 West Vermont
street, was killed at Baltimore on Sunday. His
remains will be shipped here for burial at Crown
Hill Cemetery on next Sunday
w. f. Bailey, chief rate clerk of the Pennsyl-
vania company at Pittsbure, has resigned to
ceps the position Of superintendent of the rate
bureau of the Central Traffic Association. This
is bureau, and its establishment it is
pected, will do much TO strengthen the passen-
ger department of the organization.
Sunday 612 cars were handled on the c., T.,
ST. l. g G. main line, and OF this number all
but thirty four were loaded cars. Probably at
time in the history of Indianapolis lines has
the per cent of empty cars been SO small as for
a few weeks past It 10 when cars are loaded
both ways that earnings foot up handsomely.
strong opposition to the movement that the
New York merchants are making to consolidate
the fourth and sixth class freiehts is manifestlng
itself among the Western wholesale merchants.
as it means that the same rate shall be made
per 100 pounds on less than carload lots of the
frsights covered by these two classes that is
made on carload lots.
There is good authority for stating that the
deal through which the Chicago & Indiana Coal
road is to secure control of the Evansville &
Terre Haute is again on, and if President
Mackey DOES not sell his road to the c. & l. c.
syndicate, his line will be paralleed at
The C. g. /. G. syn dictate have offered him par
for his stock. but he asks $125 per share for it
The Chicago & Indiana Coal road would be
hauling $50 carloads of block coal north daily
could they command the The T. II. & /.
was. Saturday, 300 short of filing its
orders, and the l. g. V. eco cars short.
From this coal dealers will that il is highly
essential that they unload cars after
arrival At their bins possible, here and else
where.
The w agner Car Company were notified yes
terday tn at the Mexican Central road had con-
tracted with the ST. Charles works at St
for the Wagner door. The Ensign Car-works,
Huntingdon, Pa. were awarded q contract last
week to build 400 box cars for the Southern Pa
cifc road and these cars are to be equipped with
this door
Mr.. C. E. Doyle, train master of the Lake
Erie & Western, Michigan City and Indianapolis
division, with headquarters.at Peru, has rendered
his resignation, TO take effect Oct "a. He
has been offered and will probably accept q more
lucrative the Cairo railway. with head
quarters at that point Mr.. Doyles tenure of
office with the Wabash, the L., 2. 81 q. and the
l.. Z. d w. has been successful, and regret is
expressed at his departure.
An impression exists that the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois and the Chicago & Indiana
roads are one interest. This is not true. While
the same parties interested in both, they
are operated separately, aud their accounts
kept separately. The impression that the two
roads practically grew out of the fact
that whenever the c. & E. /. is short of cars. G.
& l. c. coal cars and locomotives we'll, have
been hired to the former. But both roads
operated as distinct properties in every respect.